The history of Islam in Sicily and southern Italy began with the Arab conquest of Mazara, Sicily in 827. The subsequent rule of Sicily and Malta started in the 10th century. The Emirate of Sicily last
Arabic painting made for the Norman kings (c. 1150) in the Palazzo dei Normanni, originally the emir's palace at Palermo
Roger I of Sicily at the 1063 Battle of Cerami, where he was victorious over 35,000 Saracens according to Goffredo Malaterra.
The capture of Bari led by the Emperor Louis II in 871
The Aurelian Walls halted the Arab raid against Rome in 846
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The island of Sicily was under Islamic rule from the late ninth to the late eleventh centuries. It became a prosperous and influential commercial power in the Mediterranean, with its capital of Palerm
Roger I of Sicily receiving the keys of Palermo
Arab musicians in Palermo
Aghlabid quarter dinar minted in Sicily, 879
Depiction of Norman ruler in the Capella Palatina in Palermo (12th century)